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2009 Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report

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Vice President and Dean
Eugene G. Sander

Vice Dean
Director, Agricultural Experiment Station
Colin Kaltenbach

Associate Dean
Director of Cooperative Extension
Jim Christenson

Associate Dean
Director of Academic Programs
David Cox

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences includes the John and Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, the School of Plant Sciences, the Office of Arid Lands Studies, the Agricultural Experiment Station, Cooperative Extension, and the Office of Academic Programs.

The College is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employer.

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A New Anticancer Compound from an Ancient Plant
Using a different agricultural method leads to discovery
  PDF (1.89 Mb)

Scientists at UA, Collaborating Institutions Decode Maize Genome
Research to aid development of higher-yielding, disease-resistant and drought-tolerant cultivars 
  PDF (998 Kb)

Fetal Programming in Diabetes
Researching the link between mother and child using sheep models  
  PDF (1.13 Mb)

Developing Nitrogen Application Guidelines for Medjool Dates
Industry-sponsored research focuses on young trees
  PDF (3.50 Mb)

UA Awarded $4.35M to Study Earth's Critical Zone
UA researchers will study the hydrologic cycle's "living filter," the zone from the top of trees to the bottom of the groundwater table
  PDF (2.59 Mb)

Regulation of Early Endosperm Development in Maize
A $4.93 million NSF grant
  PDF (1.64 Mb)

'Lab on a Chip' Detects Human and Agricultural Pathogens
The UA Biosensor Lab's flexible diagnostic tool
  PDF 871 Kb)

Doctoral Students Using Advanced Technology to Study Forests
LiDAR data covers 80,000 acres of the Santa Catalina Mountains in southern Arizona
  PDF (290 Kb)

Evaluating Contaminants in Colorado River Water
Lead and uranium levels are focus of study
  PDF (4.15 Mb)

Arizona Pathways to Life Success for University Students (APLUS)
Financial behaviors study turns data into outreach programs
  PDF (636 Kb)

UA Entomologist Wins Grant to Develop Malaria-Resistant Mosquito
Michael Riehle is among scientists from Africa, Europe and the United States selected for their projects to accelerate the eradication of infectious diseases
  PDF (484 Kb)

Major Gift Creates Endowed Chair in Animal Sciences
Ronald E. Allen is first recipient of the Phyllis and Roy Hislop Endowed Chair in Animal Sciences
  PDF (1.13 Mb)

CALS 2009 Research Awards
and 2009 Agricultural Experiment Station funding chart
  PDF (57 kb)

Cover montage: Colorado River photo, by Charles Sanchez, inside Withania leaf photo, by Leslie Gunatilaka

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